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Wanted: Ride to Mojave Desert for wayward tortoise
Sadie the desert tortoise needs a ride to an adoptive home in the Mojave Desert, and soon.
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UC Berkeley begins felling disputed trees
The University of California, Berkeley has begun cutting down trees at the center of a dispute over its plans to clear the area to make way for a new sports center.
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More Than 900 Aliens, Immigration Fugitives Removed From The US
More than 900 criminal aliens, immigration fugitives, and immigration violators have been removed from the United States or are facing deportation today following a three-week enforcement surge by US ...
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High-resolution satellite launched in Calif
A super-sharp Earth-imaging satellite has been launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the Central California coast. A Delta 2 rocket carrying the GeoEye-1 satellite lifted off at 11:50 a.m. Saturday. Video on the GeoEye Web site showed the satellite separating from the rocket moments later on its way to an eventual polar orbit. The satellite makers say GeoEye-1 has the highest resolution of any commercial imaging system. It can collect images from orbit with enough detail to show home plate on a baseball diamond.
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Experts offer scaled-back sea level rise forecast
WASHINGTON - Worldwide sea levels may rise by about 2.6 to 6.6 feet by 2100 thanks to global warming, but dire predictions of larger increases seem unrealistic, U.S. scientists said on ...
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Obesity Worsens Asthma
FRIDAY, Sept. 5 -- New research shows that obese people who have asthma are nearly five times more likely to be hospitalized for the problem and to have lower quality of life and worse control of the disease ...
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Sisters Of Siblings Found Dead Speak Out
The sisters of two children whose skeletal remains were found in a Bakersfield storage facility said their mother told them their siblings had gone to live with relatives.
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Blue Shield - Naked Statues
Blue Shield of California is going naked. The health insurance company is putting up nude statues across the state.
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Kutcher linked to murder case
A CALIFORNIAN air-conditioning repairman has pleaded not guilty to the stabbing deaths of two women, including a former girlfriend of US actor Ashton Kutcher, now married to actress Demi Moore.
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U.S. District Judge amends Medi-Cal reimbursement rate reduction...
U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder has amended her order reversing a 10% reduction in Medi-Cal reimbursement rates for health care providers to require repayment only for services performed on or after Aug.
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Naked statues highlight lack of insurance coverage
Blue Shield of California wants to show the state how vulnerable people feel when they don't have health coverage _ by putting up naked statues.
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Global sea-rise levels by 2100 my be lower than some predict, says new study
Despite projections by some scientists of global seas rising by 20 feet or more by the end of this century as a result of warming, a new University of Colorado at Boulder study concludes that global sea rise of ...
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California lawmaker questions LPGA English language policy
A California state senator said Thursday that he's seeking a legal opinion to determine whether the LPGA Tour's language requirement for players violates state or federal law.
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Report: Some UCSD emergency loans fraudulent
An audit by the University of California, San Diego, has found that at least 13 percent of emergency loans granted to campus employees were based in part on fraudulent documents.
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Proposed medical loss ratio requirement in California would not...
California health insurers say legislation that would require them to spend at least 85% of premium revenue on health benefit expenses would not address the underlying causes of rising health care costs or ...
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LA police hunt serial killer of 11
Councilman Bernard Parks, far right, stands with victims' family members, Alexander Ander Jr.
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How California overestimated Gov. Schwarzenegger
From the moment Arnold Schwarzenegger declared himself a candidate in the 2003 recall election that drove Gov.
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As We See It: Republicans hold budget hostage
Amid the sensationalized media coverage of the Storm and the Stork -- Gustav and Sarah Palin's daughter's pregnancy -- the Republican convention has gotten off to a faltering start.
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'Clark Rockefeller' charged with using false name
Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, originally from Germany and who calls himself Clark Rockefeller, appears in municipal court for a pre-trial hearing in Boston Wednesday, Sept.
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LA's fast-food ban draws skepticism
By Lisa Baertlein and Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A ban on new fast-food restaurants in poor Los Angeles neighborhoods has made headlines around the world, but residents say they don't plan to give up their cheeseburgers, fried chicken and tacos anytime soon. The moratorium, which was passed in July, was intended to fight obesity in low-income communities of America's second-largest city where healthy food is hard to find. The move is trend-setting California's latest salvo in an expanding war on the fast-food industry, which is bracing for copycat maneuvers around the United States that could threaten growth.
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